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A Night in Dixie
1925 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Night in Dixie is a Phonofilm musical short film from 1925. Performers in the film include The Club Alabama Revue with Billy Fowler's band with Abbie Mitchell, Jean Starr, and Johnny Hudgins[1] (in blackface). It is part of the Maurice Zouary collection at the Library of Congress. The Cleveland Plain Dealer's television station, WTAM, produced the show with an all-African American cast.[2]
A finale performance from the film is posted to YouTube.
Lee De Forest recorded the show[3] in the early sound on film Phonofilm process used to exhibit short films.
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